Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · CME GROUP INC. (CME)

Terrence Duffy

A named executive officer of CME in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$23,394,854

FY2024: $23,945,589

1st of 5 named executive officers at CME by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for CME, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 23, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Terrence Duffy compensation by year

CME Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CME reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$2,000,000$2,000,000$2,000,000$2,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$5,000,000$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$4,969,693$6,714,284$6,829,181$6,538,900$10,933,603$11,563,324$12,530,269$12,594,380$13,512,333$13,319,860
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$2,898,443$3,467,511$4,591,913$3,208,570$3,195,001$4,382,701$7,770,711$7,907,600$7,452,800$7,128,831
Pension and deferred compensation$36,555$42,850$26,445$50,352$45,422$35,942$36,092$55,146$58,832$56,690
All other$343,641$418,210$469,126$569,392$444,441$442,770$606,005$910,874$921,624$889,473
Total$9,748,332$12,142,855$13,416,665$11,867,214$16,118,467$22,924,737$22,943,077$23,468,000$23,945,589$23,394,854

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CME GROUP INC. DEF 14A filed March 23, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-020500, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CME GROUP INC. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-020500. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 23, 2026.

$9.7M
$12.1M
$13.4M
$11.9M
$16.1M
$22.9M
$22.9M
$23.5M
$23.9M
$23.4M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU62,902$17,177,278—
RSU29,010$7,922,051—
RSU27,456$7,497,684—
PSU23,182$6,330,541—
RSU23,182$6,330,541—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CME GROUP INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

5 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 23, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-15Grant or award—21,812$275.0962,442
2026-09-10Sale—14,372$274.4141,258
2026-09-10Sale—628$275.0340,630
2026-05-15Sale—25,996$298.1464,634
2026-05-15Sale—9,004$299.5855,630

The 5 most recent of 5 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CME’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Terrence Duffy · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$23,394,854
Lynne FitzpatrickPresident and Chief Financial Officer$4,752,142
Derek SammannGlobal Head of Commodities Markets$3,390,974
Julie WinklerChief Commercial Officer$3,379,744
Sunil CutinhoChief Information Officer$3,376,706

Board service

CME board · FY2022–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: CME pays directors a $95,000 cash retainer and $145,000 in Stock. As stated in CME's FY2023 proxy.

Committees

Executive (Chair)

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